As of late, I have been researching more and more what it really takes to be unique, different, apart from all the normally viewed things in the art world. I think in order to be a good designer, its important not only to identify trends, but see what will be next. So with that being said, what are some trends you see, and based on that, in your purely artistic opinion, where do you see it going? 2009-05-19T09:46:29-04:00 26 2009-05-18T23:49:47-04:00 true 0 29951 false false 1864 1822 1 2009-11-21T03:24:55-05:00 482 I personally, think that the trends that have been around for a while, (excluding emptees trends, such as Skulls, Zombies, and plain brutal images) are as follows: 1. Watercolor 2. Grunge shirts, Heraldy, Affliction style tees 3. Art that looks like it was done by a 4 year old. 4. All over prints. Whats next: 1. I think that pattern based shirts will reemerge, and as I see all over prints as a trend right now, I think it will not simply go away, but move gradually from all over art work to all over patterns. 2. I think that there is going to be a new style of typographically displaying on shirts that is going to take off, maybe cursive shirts, as the big bold letters on text has all but worn out its welcome. 3. I also think that people are going to start shying away from watercolors, and moving to a more, bold grunge look, in between vector and not quite as clean as it normally is. 29951 Post 2009-05-18T23:55:48-04:00 837031 1822 2009-05-18T23:55:48-04:00 haha yea by the time i figured out how to use watercolors the fad starts dying off.. 29951 Post 2009-05-18T23:57:36-04:00 837081 1876 2009-05-18T23:57:36-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Birdie3431 said:</cite> haha yea by the time i figured out how to use watercolors the fad starts dying off..</blockquote> same here, i still dont know how to do it... 29951 Post 2009-05-18T23:58:14-04:00 837091 1822 2009-05-18T23:58:14-04:00 I see a more cartoonist mix with a urban graffiti style going main stream very soon 29951 Post 2009-05-18T23:59:49-04:00 837101 10727 2009-05-18T23:59:49-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Quest said:</cite> same here, i still dont know how to do it...</blockquote> <a href="http://emptees.com/resources/231-watercolor-tutorial-video">KA-BLAM!</a> 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:00:38-04:00 837121 1876 2009-05-19T00:00:38-04:00 Flying cars... hopefully. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:00:39-04:00 837131 6468 2009-05-19T00:00:39-04:00 I for one think that clothing that was once seen as masculine and feminine will crossover to the other gender. Men will begin wearing dresses, etc and women will wear rugby polos and jorts. Being ahead of the curve, I already have my pretty red dress on...I'm kidding...(takes off dress and backs out of room slowly)... 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:01:30-04:00 837141 4931 2009-05-19T00:02:14-04:00 The doodle stuff, not hating on any artists means to eat and pay bills, but the doodley look seems to slowly be moving away, but the cartoony look is here to stay I think and I love that look like Wotto, Nicolo, and Gaunty.. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:01:48-04:00 837151 5341 2009-05-19T00:02:08-04:00 I think <a href="http://emptees.com/posts/15130-new-trends">this</a>. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:04:02-04:00 837161 2330 2009-05-19T00:04:02-04:00 space photos with layer mode tricks over some other images are getting abused lately... astronauts are everywhere. (cat astronauts... are OK. hahah ) sometimes you browse through ffffound or flickr, and you just feel like some designers just gyp all their ideas from there. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:06:33-04:00 837181 2865 2009-05-19T00:07:20-04:00 not printing atomicchild artwork is so in.......I think that trend is about to die 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:09:05-04:00 837201 3021 2009-05-19T00:09:05-04:00 <blockquote><cite>atomicchild said:</cite> not printing atomicchild artwork is so in.......I think that trend is about to die</blockquote> sounds like a plan! 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:09:43-04:00 837211 2865 2009-05-19T00:09:43-04:00 This is probably a stupid thing to say, but fuck trends. I think there is a real danger in always looking at what other people are doing. Same as there is a danger in ignoring it. I think it would tear me asunder if I tried to match wits with what's going on. I can't do it all, I would like to but thats a bad road to take. I would just be ignoring my own personal style, and growth, and shit out bad copies of other peoples stuff all the time. Even if it's something common like a tiger and people are sick to death of them, they haven't seen My version of it. Maybe I draw tigers in such a fashion that people will say, Man I hate fucking tigers but this is pretty good. Just be good at what you do, and how you do it, and it won't really matter what it is a drawing of. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:12:43-04:00 837221 506 2009-05-19T00:12:43-04:00 I don't really care what is trendy or not trendy. I am working more with geometric abstract and uncommon color schemes. I'm doing it because its what I enjoy. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:14:30-04:00 837231 3501 2009-05-19T00:14:30-04:00 If we go by the "Every 10, Look Back 20" way of thinking... We're gonna move on from the 80's color vomit and back into the darker/grunge/plaid/hobo phase again. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:44:27-04:00 837401 2973 2009-05-19T00:44:27-04:00 im just glad the whole shutter shades/diamonds/color vomit fad is over. jesus, Hot Topic looked like a kids coloring book for a while. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:53:43-04:00 837451 1541 2009-05-19T00:53:43-04:00 I would like to see an erotic pin up trend. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T00:58:13-04:00 837531 506 2009-05-19T00:58:13-04:00 gibbons and pygmy marmosets are gonna be huge in 2010...trust me. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T01:08:23-04:00 837551 1541 2009-05-19T01:08:23-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Sol Amstutz said:</cite> im just glad the whole shutter shades/diamonds/color vomit fad is over. jesus, Hot Topic looked like a kids coloring book for a while.</blockquote> It still does, does it not? 29951 Post 2009-05-19T01:39:53-04:00 837741 253 2009-05-19T01:39:53-04:00 Yea, me and my former mentor were discussing the state of design as a whole today, and he, being in his late 30's and having graduated from Art Institute of Atlanta many years ago, feels that the current state of design is "visual garbage". And although I dont completely agree with that branding of it, I understand where he is coming from. There is a lot of art out that is really not difficult in any sense of the word to create, but it is never the less appealing to people because it appears "fun", or "carefree", which I can clearly understand how it carries appeal. But I do feel that the sense of craftsmanship that once was involved with being an artist is slowly becoming over saturated by a bunch of 13 year old punks who scan some doodles into photoshop, add some color, and consider themselves artists. And im not saying that derogatorily, I started using MSPAINT to make web banners for websites when I was 10 years old. But I also had drive and a desire to learn more about art as a whole, and im still a somewhat sucky artist compared to most, but I have a rather solid understanding of design and its principles, and I think that intimate knowledge of art and the accompanying passion inherent with that is what TRULY makes an artist, and separates the people who love design from people who know how to use a filter in Photoshop. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T02:12:42-04:00 837961 1822 2009-05-19T02:13:52-04:00 <blockquote><cite>jfinley said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>Sol Amstutz said:</cite> im just glad the whole shutter shades/diamonds/color vomit fad is over. jesus, Hot Topic looked like a kids coloring book for a while.</blockquote> It still does, does it not?</blockquote> probably, i haven't been there for a while 29951 Post 2009-05-19T02:25:16-04:00 838031 1541 2009-05-19T02:25:16-04:00 If it's going back to the 90s then it might be the return of the david carson grunge style. I was emailing with a potential client who sells his label to big US sores and he says that everyone wants to get over the affliction/skulls/heraldry look but noone seems to know what direction to go. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T02:30:50-04:00 838081 1259 2009-05-19T02:30:50-04:00 the gratuitous hair and/or gore details that is on every tee of the day lately ala mumford. not to say it isn't good, but everyone is doing it. 29951 Post 2009-05-19T03:04:33-04:00 838181 12713 2009-05-19T03:04:33-04:00 <blockquote><cite>quakerninja said:</cite> I would like to see an erotic pin up trend.</blockquote> 29951 Post 2009-05-19T03:14:15-04:00 838191 1992 2009-05-19T03:14:15-04:00 I think skulls with hair will be all the rage 29951 Post 2009-05-19T09:37:37-04:00 840401 1661 2009-05-19T09:37:37-04:00 Since there's so much trends running these days, and looking how these are accessible, I think that there will be no trends at all, poeple will wear what they want. Hopefully clothing brands will have to think and<b> bring new ideas instead of just following trends.</b> 29951 Post 2009-05-19T09:46:29-04:00 840501 1864 2009-05-19T09:46:50-04:00